If you have an existing account and rates with Australia Post and/or Startrack you can easily bring your own accounts across to FreightExchange to receive quotes, print labels and book and track shipments along side our other broker carriers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Part 1: Get your AusPost and/or Startrack API Key
- Part 2: Set-up your AusPost & Startrack Account in FreightExchange
Part 1: Get your AusPost and/or Startrack API Key
- Navigate to https://developers.auspost.com.au/apis/st-registration
- Sign-up and login to the Australia Post Developers Centre
- Register for a Shipping & Tracking API Key
- Once complete, Australia Post will send your API key & Password
Part 2: Set-up your AusPost & Startrack Account in FreightExchange
- Navigate to Carriers & Accounts
- Click +Add New
- Select AusPost or Startrack from the Carrier drop list
- Complete all relevant details (note the details required for these carriers are the same but you will need to add them separately).
| Field | Instructions |
| Display Name | You can name this carrier whatever makes sense to your business. |
| Services | Select some or all of the available services. |
| Account Owner | If you have activated Child Accounts, you can select the relevant Account Owner for each carrier. |
| Currency | You can select the right currency for your business and all prices will display in that currency for the carrier you are setting up. |
| Cancellation Email | Include the best contact email address for your carrier account so that your team and our operations team can request shipment cancellations. |
| Dedupe Rates | If there are multiple services for a carrier and you prefer to return the most suitable and cheapest service only then set dedupe as true. |
| Configurations |
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Once you click save, you will see AusPost in your list of carriers with the status Awaiting Carrier. There are three statuses to look out for:
| Status | Description |
| Details Needed | You have not entered all the details needed to activate the carrier. Click on Details Needed to open the pop up and complete the required details. |
| Awaiting Carrier | All of the carrier details have been sent to the carrier and we are waiting on the carrier to activate your shipping & tracking API integration request. |
| Shipping | You are set up and good to go. You can start shipping on your carrier account. |
Once all the above steps are done, you can proceed to book your shipments with AusPost and/or Startrack without any rates being loaded. If you would prefer to upload your rates, then please share the rate card with ops@freightexchange.com.au.
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